Small-scale solar reaches Kenyan homes the grid has not

Off-grid and distributed solar is giving Kenyan households without grid access power for lighting, phone charging and small businesses.

A report from The Energy Mix describes off-grid and distributed solar bringing inexpensive electricity to Kenyan households that have no grid connection. The uses it names are lighting, phone charging and small business.

That matters because each use opens something further. Light extends the hours available for work and study, phone charging keeps people connected to information and services, and small businesses gain a power source they did not have. Distributed solar does not wait for a grid to be built, so it can reach people sooner than extending lines would.

The source was unreachable when we wrote this, so we have no figures on households served, costs or financing. The detail sits with The Energy Mix, and readers should go there for the full reporting.

Source: Google News